Recent content by stevo82

Nah I bought a new gasket. The Toyota dealers here are full of sh!t when it comes to imports, they either dont want to help you or they charge you a lot extra and you have to wait for weeks (and that was before the tsunami!). Anyways, took out the piston and its broken off a piece between the...

Ok so the car was not fully up to temp the first time round. Got it up to temp now and the 1st 3 cylinders give 130Psi and the last one only 60. I should also mention when I replaced the gasket I saw that the piston in the 60Psi cylinder was clean on top while the other 3 was black. Faulty...

Yeah just checked the valve timing again now, all lines up. Can timing cause this amount of air coming from the breather? Its quite a lot and a bit smoky.

Would that cause the low compression in all 4 cylinders?

My head gasket blew recently, I had my mechanic replace it but he used the old head bolts. After a month something went horribly wrong, after a drag race the car died, struggled to start again and did not want to idle. There was milky oil in the oil cap so I took the head off and the gasket...

Have u checked the spark plug gaps? I had the same problem for years, couldnt find what was causing it, regapped my plugs to 0.7mm I and the problem was gone, felt like kicking myself!

The spring is there, not sure if it tensions correctly though. I found what damaged the second timing belt, was one of those small metal rings that fits into to cambelt cover hole where you fasten it to the engine. It mustve fallen in when I put back the cover. I replaced the belt and the car is...

And if you feel the cambelt by hand, how much should it be able to move from side to side? Should it be stiff like your other belts, more or less?

Ok I'll try that thanks!

Ok, but I did check them and they spin freely without noise and theres no play. But anyways, seems something came in between the beld and sprocket, belt has small tear at one spot in the middle, looks like it was something round that punched a hole into the beld, and the belt skipped a couple of...

I dont think they have ever been replaced. Last I heard the mechanic couldnt find those parts and had to use the old ones.

Ok so the cambelt guide thats between the crank sprocket and pulley was damaged and it in turn damaged the cambelt everytime it went round, and the timing was off by about 3 teeth. So I bent the guide back to as close as normal I could get it (couldnt find a new one) and replaced the cambelt and...

I have to replace the belt as its badly damaged, but can I just move the cam pulley backwards 3 teeth when putting on the new belt so that the crank is at '0' and the 4e alligns with the dot?

Ok so Im checking that. When I rotate the crank pulley so its mark lines up with '0' on the cover, the 4e mark on the cam pulley is about 3 teeth past the little dot which is to the front side of the car ( I see there are 2 dots ), so should I leave the crank pulley on '0' and just move the cam...

I just took off the cover over the cam pulley and it looks like the timing belt tried to move off of the pulley. The one side of the belt is badly damaged and the cover is filled with belt debris. Thats probably the origin of the problem right?